Reports Specialist

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Under the supervision of the Chief, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and dotted reporting line to the Emergency Manager, the Reports Specialists responsible for coordinating and producing timely, accurate, analytical and audience-focused reporting and knowledge-management products. The role will consolidate programme results; strengthen the quality and timeliness of SitReps, HAC/HPM reporting, donor and management reporting; and ensure coherence between quantitative evidence and narrative analysis.

Through the dotted technical reporting line to the Emergency Manager, the incumbent will support HAC appeal development and revisions, emergency reporting products, situation updates and senior-management briefs. The incumbent will also strengthen systems for capturing, packaging, disseminating and reusing programme evidence, lessons learned and good practices across the Country Office.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Reporting coordination and production
2. Humanitarian reporting and HAC/HPM support
3. Knowledge management and high-quality knowledge products
4. Quality assurance, standards and capacity strengthening
5. Coordination and partnership

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Reports Specialist Level_SoP.doc

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Minimum requirements:

• Education: An advanced university degree in international development, public policy, social sciences, communications, journalism, knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, humanitarian affairs or another relevant field.
• Work

Experience

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional experience in programme reporting, humanitarian reporting, results-based management, knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, communications or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience producing and quality-assuring high-level reports, analytical briefs, donor products, situation reports or management briefs in complex or emergency settings.
• Strong experience synthesizing quantitative and qualitative evidence into concise, accurate and decision-oriented narratives.
• Experience coordinating inputs across multiple technical teams and managing concurrent products under short deadlines.
• Skills: To be considered for this role, candidates are required to have expertise in reporting, substantive editing, analytical thinking, knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, performance monitoring, emergency coordination, corporate reporting, coordination, and version control.
• Language

Requirements

• Fluency in English is required.

• Desirables:

• Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

• Experience with humanitarian appeals, performance monitoring frameworks, results reporting or emergency coordination is a strong asset.

• Experience in UNICEF, another United Nations entity or an international humanitarian or development organization is an asset.

• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others

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